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Variations by state in physician disciplinary actions by US medical licensure boards
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- Published on: 10 August 2016
- Published on: 10 August 2016Worthless Statistics in search of Meaningful ConclusionShow More
It appears that these authors believe that variability in the disciplinary rates between states is something that indicates a lack of quality and/or a lack of uniformity of safety measures.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
There are many more reasons affecting a state's disciplinary rates than those controlled for in the study. For just one glaringly obvious example, in certain states and i...
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